“Godforbid!”Iinvoluntarilyejaculated, forsomehowIwasnotlookingforthatformofquestion, , andsay,“-anditwasashame, ……”
Amostghastlyexpressionbegantodevelopamongthedecayedfeaturesandshriveledintegumentsofmyguest‘sface, andIwasbeginningtogrowuneasyanddistressed, whenhetoldmehewasonlyworkingupadeep, smile, withawinkinit, , butIbeggedhimtoconfnehimselftospeechthenceforth, , evendecorouslyplayful, butIdidnotthinksmilingwasaskeleton’sbesthold.
“Yes, friend,”saidthepoorskeleton,“.”
Now, youwillhardlybelieveit, butitistrue, nevertheless, thatthereisn‘-wagon, butIamtalkingaboutyourhigh-toned, silver-mountedburial-case, yourmonumentalsort, thattravelunderblackplumesattheheadofaprocessionandhavechoiceofcemeterylots-ImeanfolksliketheJarvises, andtheBledsoesandtheBurlings, , , , , andtheydoapoorchapaworldofgoodafterheisdead, ’tcomplain, :
GONETOHISJUSTREWARD.
